Guess what the most aggressive dog is?

So glad to hear that your poor dog is recovering well, Jaberwok.

We had a black ‘half’ cocker - mother was golden, never knew who the dad was, owner thought it was probably some ruffian on a nearby farm after the very young mother escaped one day.

Ours was totally non-aggressive, much more of a wimp, and very attached to me - my little black shadow. A friend of a dd once brought his house bunny round - dear dog went and hid behind the sofa! She looked very spaniel-ish, until I had her shorn every summer, whereupon she’d look like a very odd, smaller version of a Labrador.

I've had lots of English Cocker Spaniels .

Dogs are easier than the bitches .

Solid colours tend to be jealous and more aggressive .

But none of my solids have exhibited any jealousy nor aggression towards any family member , but certainly towards each other .

I think from watching neighbours with dogs that their animals don't understand who is master in the family and that is where some behavioural problems come from .

I've watched my neighbours trying to get their dog to go for a walk .
He doesn't like walks and
he doesn't like the lead , they tell me .

I'm dreading the day when my other neighbour's sweet little dog goes under a car as she races out on the house , rushes across the road ( quiet but there are lots of parked cars and vans ) and refuses to come back .

Now a year old , she's discovered that she has eight servants in her house to do as bids treat and attention wise .

I' m not saying that there hasn't been irresponsible in-breeding particularly in Cockers .

One of the things the breeder of my Whippet stresses to new owners is don’t open your front door and let your dog go running out. At 35 mph they will, if they see a squirrel in the distance, run straight across the road oblivious to what’s in the way. It’s why they often run into barbed wire fences and injure themselves. All breeds are different and any reputable breeder will vet a new owner thoroughly and if they’ve never had that breed before tell them everything they need to know.

I worked for a vet and he said if he was going to get bitten it would be a cocker spaniel. He also said the owners were always surprised and insisted their dog had never done that before. He was a very experienced vet and I would trust his word.

I think probably every breed has its 'rogues'. A new neighbour moved in and immediately erected a foot-high white picket fence across their back porch with the sign 'Beware of the Dog' attached. When I laughed they said "wait til you meet it!". It was the most aggressive - and really quite scary - chihuahua you could ever hope to meet.
Back in the late 70s brown labradors became popular and my friend got one for her family knowing their reputation for soft mouthed gentleness. Not this one! It turned on her one day and attacked her quite ferociously. Its behaviour was attributed to the in-breeding required to achieve the chocolate colour.

I read that, even though it takes Labradors much longer than other dogs to grow up mentally, the chocolate ones never did. A friend bred Newfoundlands and he said although blues and blacks were in the same litter their temperaments were totally different. His daughter groomed dogs and said the only dog that ever bit her was an Old English Sheepdog.

You’re so right about labs being slow to mature MayBee70. I’m so relieved my 2 year old lab isn’t my first dog

Last weekend my dd and myself went to Whitby for the weekend I kid you not I think every man/woman and anyone else was there with their dog/s.

All well behaved except! when we heard any commotion we would turn round and look and every time is was Lab growling and barking at other dogs.

Today I have been to Clitheroe Market (Ribble valley )

At the market yet again plenty of dogs all breads, but yet again the black lab that was stood at a stall collecting for guide dogs was the one making the most noise.

Biker - I love Whitby. Last spent a w eek there in June 2021. My lab was just hitting adolescence and strong enough to pull my 6’6” husband over as he tried to race into the sea.
The experienced lab people we met all admired him, lovely pup- they all advised continuing with professional trainers till he’s abiut 4 ‘he’ll begin to settle down then’. 🐕😵‍💫💙